Bug 148366

Summary:

Web Inspector: Don't execute hovered functions while paused in Debugger

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

Nikita Vasilyev <nvasilyev>

Component:

Web Inspector

Assignee:

Nobody <webkit-unassigned>

Status:

NEW ---

Severity:

Normal

CC:

graouts, inspector-bugzilla-changes, webkit-bug-importer

Priority:

Keywords:

InRadar

Version:

WebKit Local Build

Hardware:

All

OS:

All

Attachments:

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Description Nikita Vasilyev 2015-08-22 19:32:29 PDT

While paused in Debugger, hovering over selected code executes it in the current context. That would be fine in a functional language with no side-effects. JavaScript isn't such language.

Imagine I want to copy "this._dropDatabase()". I select it using my mouse cursor. If I accidentally hover over it for a fraction of a second, it will execute it.

Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2015-08-22 19:33:04 PDT

<rdar://problem/22393156>

Comment 2 Nikita Vasilyev 2015-08-22 19:33:27 PDT

Created attachment 259729 [details]
Animated GIF of the problem

Comment 3 BJ Burg 2015-08-23 21:50:53 PDT

If the point of hovering is to show return values, could we ask JSC if it's effect-free ?